Author: Kayla Wassell
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DIRECTV And Cox Launch AR Version of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
NBCUniversal brings late-night entertainment to the virtual world with an immersive augmented reality experience featuring Bravo’s hit talk show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, in a new partnership with Cox and DIRECTV. Starting today, fans who have DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, COX, or Sling TV can interact with Cohen’s Clubhouse by virtually walking through…
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FilmRise Will Bring Theorist’s YouTube Content To the Streaming World
FilmRise on Friday said it had secured the rights to Lunar X’s Theorist content library. The company plans to distribute Theorist’s popular YouTube channels, Game Theory, Film Theory, Food Theory, and Style Theory, to television and streaming platforms. Max Einhorn, senior vice president of acquisitions and co-productions at FilmRise, said acquiring Theorist’s libraries marks a…
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BBC’s BritBox Exceeds 3.4 Million Subscribers as it Acquires This Popular Crime Drama
BritBox International reached more than 3.4 million global subscribers yesterday as the BBC and ITV-owned streaming platform acquired the popular crime drama Blue Lights. Since the beginning of 2023, the British TV streaming service has seen a 15% increase in members by featuring original BBC programming like Stonehouse, Time, Sherwood, Beyond Paradise, Payback, and live…
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T-Mobile Quietly Launched a 30 GB Hotspot Plan For Just $10
T-Mobile has a 30 GB hotspot plan for $10 a month, though the company isn’t promoting the package. T-Mobile on August quietly rolled out a new hotspot plan that gives customers access to high-speed data for only $15 a month, or $10 with the autopay discount. According to internal documents reviewed by The Mobile Report,…
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How Netflix is Improving HDR Video to Work on All Devices
Over the last few months, Netflix rolled out a new version of HDR to optimize video quality on all devices, including TVs, mobile devices, and tablets. The format, called HDR-VMAF (Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion), uses a machine learning technology developed by Netflix called Dynamically Optimized encoding. It was designed to help Netflix offer a more…
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Amazon Has 8 Useful Accessibility Features Available on Prime Video, Alexa, and Other Amazon Devices
Amazon has been working with disability and accessibility experts to design features to help those with disabilities more effectively use Prime Video, Alexa, and its other products. The Audio Description feature plays a spoken audio track that describes what’s happening on the screen. For people who are blind or have low vision, the accompanying audio…
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Vince McMahon Accused of “Sham Sales Process” After WWE-UFC Megadeal Merger
The WWE-UFC merger is being challenged with a class action lawsuit alleging Vince McMahon pushed for a “quick sale” at the expense of investors and accepted a deal that would allow him to stay on as an executive chairman of the newly formed TKO Group. Investors filed the lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery…
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AMC is Open to More Deals to Get Shows Like The Walking Dead On More Services Including Max & Netflix
AMC Networks is considering signing more “pop-up” deals similar to the one it struck to get on Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max, AMC CEO Kristin Dolan said at the Content London event on Thursday. The network signed an experimental deal with Max in August to stream more than 200 episodes from seven AMC programs from September…
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Verizon Will Pay $23.5 Million For TracFone FCC Low-Income Funding Program Violations
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau reached a settlement with TracFone Wireless, resolving an investigation into whether the Verizon subsidiary violated rules for its Lifeline and Emergency Broadband Benefit programs. After being acquired by Verizon in 2021, TracFone self-identified certain occurrences where the company was found to have violated Lifeline and EBB rules. After reporting…
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NASCAR’s $7.7 Billion Media Deal Launches Racing Into the Streaming World
NASCAR reached several new media rights agreements for the NASCAR Cup Series with FOX Sports, NBC Sports, Prime Video, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports that are worth a combined $7.7 billion. The deals will give the sport a major presence on both traditional TV and streaming. Starting in 2025, FOX Sports will get the…